Tonight we talk art

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Just after my venting post, I discovered a Bernd and Hilla Becher book in Camilla's library. Renewed faith. She returned from the party with Anna. I gave the children a bath and we sat down for dinner. We began to talk about art and art history. Camilla is the most fantastic person to talk about art with because she has a real sense of the history of art. She told me about the Giotto exhibit and about how much she loves that period and the beginning of the traditional Italian style. She told me it can be difficult to understand this art if you are not aware of the old symbolism. She explained some of the details and how the painters mixed pigments ...

I asked her about the Bernd and Hilla Becher book and told her that their son was a professor of mine in college. She told me she loved this work and purchased this book when she visited MOMA in NYC. What excellent taste? She went to MOMA and bought Cooling Towers by Hilla and Bernd Becher! I was floored. This work is beautiful, but it's not something usual. I mean ... I think you have to have sophisticated taste to like this work. She told me that she loved MOMA more than The Met, specifically the photo section. We talked about other contemporary artists and photographers we enjoy. Sigh ... This woman is wonderful.